It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would send us on an expedition (sariyyah), and we would have no provisions except a few dates, which we would share out handful by handful, until it came down to one date each." (His son Abdullah) said: "O father! What benefit could one date have been to you?" He said: "Do not say that, my son, for when even that one date was gone, we felt its loss keenly."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Bakr bin Hafs; al-Mas'udi is alone in narrating it, and it is narrated from Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8874
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